Jessica Pegula fired a career-high 16 aces, while Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova committed a career-high 15 double faults in a see-saw battle lasting two hours and 45 minutes. (EPA Images pic)INDIAN WELLS: Jessica Pegula saved a match point en route to a gritty 7-6(2) 4-6 7-5 win over Linda Noskova on Thursday to advance out of her round-robin group at the WTA Finals and send fellow American Coco Gauff packing from the season-ending championships.

Pegula had a career-high 16 aces while big-serving Wimbledon champion Noskova had a career-high 15 double faults in a see-saw battle that spanned 2 hours and 45 minutes at the tournament, which was moved from Riyadh to Indian Wells due to the US-Israeli war on Iran.